Oskar Kokoschka
Following is a timeline for Oskar Kokoschka:
1886-Oskar Kokoschka was born on March 1 to Josef Kokoschka, a traveling salesman, and Maria Romana in Pochlarn, Austria.
1887-The family moves to Vienna. His older brother, Gustav, dies.
1889-Birth of his younger sister, Berthe.
1892-Birth of his brother, Bohuslav.
1896-1904-Attends school, paints and creates watercolors. OK receives a state scholarship to Kunstgewerbeschule (School of Applied Arts) of the Austrian Museum for Art and Industry.
1905-07-Originally, OK set out to become a drawing teacher. In the summer of 1907, he receives his first commission. At Kunstgewerbeschule he creates many studies of pre-pubescent girls, many of whom he gets from off the street. He becomes aquainted with his friend's sister, Lilith Lang. He falls in love with her and she inspires many of these early drawings.
1908-His drawings are displayed at Kunstschau in Vienna. Among his drawings were images from his book Die Traumenden Knaben (The Dreaming Youths). "Despite severe criticism, on the very first day of the Kunstschau Kokoschka sells all of his works and becomes famous overnight" (108-109).
1909-OK meets Adolf Loos. OK focuses on painting. Up until this time, he had been drawing on paper most of the time.
1910-Goes to Switzerland with Adolf Loos and works on commissions that Loos has set up for him. Loos and OK remain in Switzerland from January until mid-March. OK designs a poster for a progressive journal entitled Der Sturm (The Storm), a job that both Loos and Karl Kraus likely helped to obtain for him. He becomes again devoted to drawing. His play Murderer, Hope of Women is published in this journal as well.
1911-OK leaves for Vienna from Berlin. He takes a job as a drawing teacher at a private school for girls in autumn, but leaves in February because he has not taken the qualifying exam for teaching.
1912-Exhibitions in Budapest, Berlin and Cologne. Love affair with Alma Mahler begins.
1914-15-Failure of love affair with Alma Mahler. Volunteers for military service. Wounded in Galicia (wound to his head) and in the Ukraine (lung pierced by a bayonet).
1919-Appointed as a professor at the art academy in Dresden.
1923-29-OK travels through Europe, North Africa, Palestine, Istanbul and Jerusalem. He paints landscapes of towns. OK resides in Paris when he is not traveling.
Click below to find some photos of OK, along with some self-portraits:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/74644976@N00/sets/72157594383955022/
Below is a link to some information about OK is regards to Alma. Again, peruse this information, but take it lightly:
http://www.alma-mahler.at/engl/almas_life/kokoschka.html
The information above was taken from:
Weidinger, Alfred. Kokoschka and Alma Mahler. Munich: Prestel, 1996.
1886-Oskar Kokoschka was born on March 1 to Josef Kokoschka, a traveling salesman, and Maria Romana in Pochlarn, Austria.
1887-The family moves to Vienna. His older brother, Gustav, dies.
1889-Birth of his younger sister, Berthe.
1892-Birth of his brother, Bohuslav.
1896-1904-Attends school, paints and creates watercolors. OK receives a state scholarship to Kunstgewerbeschule (School of Applied Arts) of the Austrian Museum for Art and Industry.
1905-07-Originally, OK set out to become a drawing teacher. In the summer of 1907, he receives his first commission. At Kunstgewerbeschule he creates many studies of pre-pubescent girls, many of whom he gets from off the street. He becomes aquainted with his friend's sister, Lilith Lang. He falls in love with her and she inspires many of these early drawings.
1908-His drawings are displayed at Kunstschau in Vienna. Among his drawings were images from his book Die Traumenden Knaben (The Dreaming Youths). "Despite severe criticism, on the very first day of the Kunstschau Kokoschka sells all of his works and becomes famous overnight" (108-109).
1909-OK meets Adolf Loos. OK focuses on painting. Up until this time, he had been drawing on paper most of the time.
1910-Goes to Switzerland with Adolf Loos and works on commissions that Loos has set up for him. Loos and OK remain in Switzerland from January until mid-March. OK designs a poster for a progressive journal entitled Der Sturm (The Storm), a job that both Loos and Karl Kraus likely helped to obtain for him. He becomes again devoted to drawing. His play Murderer, Hope of Women is published in this journal as well.
1911-OK leaves for Vienna from Berlin. He takes a job as a drawing teacher at a private school for girls in autumn, but leaves in February because he has not taken the qualifying exam for teaching.
1912-Exhibitions in Budapest, Berlin and Cologne. Love affair with Alma Mahler begins.
1914-15-Failure of love affair with Alma Mahler. Volunteers for military service. Wounded in Galicia (wound to his head) and in the Ukraine (lung pierced by a bayonet).
1919-Appointed as a professor at the art academy in Dresden.
1923-29-OK travels through Europe, North Africa, Palestine, Istanbul and Jerusalem. He paints landscapes of towns. OK resides in Paris when he is not traveling.
Click below to find some photos of OK, along with some self-portraits:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/74644976@N00/sets/72157594383955022/
Below is a link to some information about OK is regards to Alma. Again, peruse this information, but take it lightly:
http://www.alma-mahler.at/engl/almas_life/kokoschka.html
The information above was taken from:
Weidinger, Alfred. Kokoschka and Alma Mahler. Munich: Prestel, 1996.
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